Module 1 of 2 in Your First iOS App: An App From Scratch

Your First iOS App: Getting Started with SwiftUI

Jun 16 2026, Swift 6.3, iOS 26, Xcode 26

This module introduces the fundamentals of building iOS apps with SwiftUI, including setting up a project in Xcode, exploring the development environment, and understanding the differences between SwiftUI and UIKit. Through building a simple game, you’ll gain hands-on experience creating user interfaces with views and modifiers, while learning how data and logic connect to the UI. By Catie Catterwaul.

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EXPERIENCE

Beginner level

EST TIME TO COMPLETE

58 mins

CONTENT

8 lessons

Module outcomes

Build your first SwiftUI app using Xcode and understand the basic project structure.
Create simple user interfaces using SwiftUI views and modifiers.
Understand how data and logic connect to the UI in a SwiftUI app.
Understand the basics of objects, data, and methods in Swift.

Covered concepts

SwiftUI View hierarchy and layout basics
View Modifiers
Basic Swift concepts: objects, properties, and methods

Module content

SwiftUI vs UIKit Lesson (7 mins)

Learn about the first app you’ll build - a simple but fun game called Bull’s Eye - and get a preview of all the things you’ll learn throughout this module, and find out whether you should learn SwiftUI or UIKit.

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Introduction • Start Video · 3 mins

SwiftUI vs UIKit Video · 5 mins

Challenge: Programming To-Do List Lesson (5 mins)

ake a programming to-do list of all the things you’ll need to do to build the game. This helps build a good programming practice of gathering requirements first!

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Challenge: Programming To-Do List • Start Video · 5 mins

Create an Xcode Project Lesson (4 mins)

Learn how to create your first iOS app project in Xcode and explore the code editor and SwiftUI canvas.

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Create an Xcode Project • Start Video · 4 mins

SwiftUI Views Lesson (13 mins)

Learn how to create user interfaces in SwiftUI by constructing a tree of Views, such as Text, Slider and Button.

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SwiftUI Views • Start Video · 13 mins

SwiftUI View Modifiers Lesson (9 mins)

Learn how you can use SwiftUI View Modifiers like shadow, corner radius, or border to modify the style of your views.

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SwiftUI View Modifiers • Start Video · 9 mins

Objects, Data & Methods Lesson (10 mins)

Learn the basics of object-oriented programming, so you can better understand the Swift code created for you by the SwiftUI Canvas editor.

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Objects, Data & Methods • Start Video · 10 mins

Challenge: Add View Modifiers Lesson (4 mins)

Practice using SwiftUI View Modifiers by styling the rest of the text views in Bull’s Eye.

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Challenge: Add View Modifiers • Start Video · 4 mins

Solve Problems Lesson (6 mins)

Learn how to solve problems beginners frequently run into, such as what to do when your code has an error.

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Solve Problems • Start Video · 5 mins

Conclusion Reading · 1 min

Quiz: Getting Started with SwiftUI 5 questions

Module outcomes

Covered concepts

Module content

Your First iOS App: Data Flow in SwiftUI

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